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.profile, or any file starting with a '.' is considered hidden. You can use the -a switch to list hidden files. If you want to list hidden files with the -l switch, you can use the following at a bash prompt:

ifconfig ran in the rc.sysinit but when I type it in the serial term window I get Command not found. So I assume the path is screwed up. Maybe some can tell me where to look.

Also, I don't seem to have an editor I've tried vi, vin, edit, ed, pico, and mayby some others. Where can I get one?

There is a type-o in the rc.sysinit. I had the line to enable the serial port in the file twice so it worked. The second one is correct. Thanks.

Typically you environment variables aren't all available in serial console. When you use it you can export your $PATH and other env variables and all will work as expected. That's why you don't have access to all commands that are available in a telnet session.